BLBI Asset Confiscation In Bogor Considered Odd, Lawyers For BRD And BRE Reveal The Reason

Asset confiscation in Bogor carried out by the BLBI Task Force led by Maenkumham Mahfud MD. (doc of the Ministry of Finance)

BOGOR - The attorney for PT Bogor Raya Development (BRD) and PT Bogor Raya Estatindo (BRE), Lelyana Santosa, objected to the confiscation of assets belonging to BRD and BRE by the Task Force for Handling State Collection Rights for the Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance Fund (BLBI Task Force).

Lelyana assessed that there were a number of irregularities in the process of confiscation of assets in the form of 89 hectares of land along with a golf course and two hotel buildings named Novotel and Ibis Style on Wednesday, June 22 morning.

He explained that the first irregularity was that the BLBI Task Force confiscated goods that did not belong to the Debt Insurers and/or Debt Guarantors, namely Setiawan Harjono and Hendrawan Harjono.

"The BLBI Task Force suspects that the confiscated BRD and BRE assets are related to the two former owners of the Asia Pacific (Aspac) Bank, Setiawan Harjono and Hendrawan Harjono. In fact, BRD and BRE have nothing to do with Aspac or the Harjono brothers," Lelyana told reporters. , Friday 24 June.

The second oddity, he continued, was that there was a Forced Letter No. SP-2061/PUPNC.10.00/2019 dated June 31, 2019 was never notified because in the Confiscation Order No. SPS-03/PUPNC.10.01/2022 dated June 6, 2022, there was never any mention of the Minutes of Notification of Forced Warrants.

"Therefore, the confiscation was carried out not in accordance with the procedures in Article 163 of the Regulation of the Minister of Finance No. 240 of 2016," he said.

Furthermore, Lelyana explained the third discrepancy, the indication is that before the confiscation was carried out, BRD and BRE as the owners of the confiscated assets were never given the opportunity by the Chair of the State Receivables Affairs Committee (PUPN) DKI Jakarta Branch to express opinions and clarifications.

"Thus violating the obligations in Article 7 paragraph (2) letter f of the Government Administration Act," he added.

Furthermore, Lelyana said that her party found a fourth irregularity, namely that the Head of PUPN DKI Jakarta Branch did not collect information and relevant documents to assess if the confiscation had met the requirements in the legislation as required in Article 50 paragraphs (1) and (2 ) Government Administration Act.

"The fifth oddity is that the Head of PUPN DKI Jakarta Branch did not notify the Seizure Order No. SPS-03/PUPNC.10.01/2022 dated June 6, 2022 to BRD and BRE as parties related to the confiscation, within 10 (ten) working days as required in Article 7 paragraph (2) letter g of the Government Administration Act," said Lelyana.

Previously, the BLBI Task Force led directly by the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD confiscated assets belonging to BRD on Wednesday, June 22 morning. The confiscated assets were related to Aspac obligors on behalf of Setiawan Harjono and Hendrawan Harjono.

Mahfud estimates that, if converted into rupiah, the assets confiscated by the BLBI Task Force on Wednesday, June 22, will be worth IDR 2 trillion.

"I hope that after this the BLBI Task Force will continue with the next steps, so that we will finish by 2023. For those who have now been called to prepare themselves with all available data, so that later we carry out executions," said Mahfud at the confiscation site in Sukaraja Village, Sukaraja District, Bogor Regency, West Java.